--- product_id: 54615882 title: "Present Over Perfect" price: "4719 kr" currency: ISK in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.is/products/54615882-present-over-perfect store_origin: IS region: Iceland --- # Present Over Perfect **Price:** 4719 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Present Over Perfect - **How much does it cost?** 4719 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.is](https://www.desertcart.is/products/54615882-present-over-perfect) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Present Over Perfect [Shauna Niequist, Shauna Niequist] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Present Over Perfect Review: Easy read - Loved this book, easy read and full of good information. Review: You could call me "Shauna!" Perfect book for me! - This book spoke VOLUMES into my current season! I couldn't put it down and have already gone thru it again, re-reading my underlines and notes! I read a lot of it out loud to my husband and he was SO grateful I fell onto this book. Haha. For those that said they could not relate to her "entitled" or idealistic lifestyle, I offer another opinion. I do not have a freelanced writing job, nor do I have a vacation home to run away to... BUT! I am a VERY BUSY (!!!), life/house-cluttered, performance-driven, highly stretched, sought-after, medical provider in one of the most difficult seasons of my life trying to balance work - motherhood to a toddler - newlywed - mentor - church volunteer... oh and friend, sister, daughter, granddaughter, etc. This book ranks as one of my all time top books... among the likes of Purpose Driven Life, Experiencing God, Keep Your Love On, and the Good Book itself. If I wanted to change anything in the book, it would simply be for her to add strategies for her simplification process - like how she initiated the decluttering of her closets and her kids rooms. Haha. For me, this sucker punched me in the gut, brought me to tears of revelation, challenged me to a fresh awakening, and catalyzed me into setting boundaries at work. I was tired of serving my husband and my daughter leftovers of my dried up, worn out, depleted self every night when I got home! I absolutely LOVED this book and feel she could have singlehandedly written it for me. It's like one of those moments when you're sitting in church and you feel like the only one in the congregation when the pastor is preaching... yeah. That was my experience with this book. Thank you Shauna!!! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #9,981,181 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #396 in Christian Inspirational #866 in Christian Spiritual Growth (Books) #59,917 in Books on CD | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 8,535 Reviews | ## Images ![Present Over Perfect - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61A2A3-cSfL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Easy read *by D***E on January 9, 2026* Loved this book, easy read and full of good information. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You could call me "Shauna!" Perfect book for me! *by R***E on July 12, 2017* This book spoke VOLUMES into my current season! I couldn't put it down and have already gone thru it again, re-reading my underlines and notes! I read a lot of it out loud to my husband and he was SO grateful I fell onto this book. Haha. For those that said they could not relate to her "entitled" or idealistic lifestyle, I offer another opinion. I do not have a freelanced writing job, nor do I have a vacation home to run away to... BUT! I am a VERY BUSY (!!!), life/house-cluttered, performance-driven, highly stretched, sought-after, medical provider in one of the most difficult seasons of my life trying to balance work - motherhood to a toddler - newlywed - mentor - church volunteer... oh and friend, sister, daughter, granddaughter, etc. This book ranks as one of my all time top books... among the likes of Purpose Driven Life, Experiencing God, Keep Your Love On, and the Good Book itself. If I wanted to change anything in the book, it would simply be for her to add strategies for her simplification process - like how she initiated the decluttering of her closets and her kids rooms. Haha. For me, this sucker punched me in the gut, brought me to tears of revelation, challenged me to a fresh awakening, and catalyzed me into setting boundaries at work. I was tired of serving my husband and my daughter leftovers of my dried up, worn out, depleted self every night when I got home! I absolutely LOVED this book and feel she could have singlehandedly written it for me. It's like one of those moments when you're sitting in church and you feel like the only one in the congregation when the pastor is preaching... yeah. That was my experience with this book. Thank you Shauna!!! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book makes sense in Shauna's chronological journey. Let it be a part of yours. *by S***H on August 22, 2016* I have never written an Amazon review before, but Shauna has mentioned in a past book that she reads her Amazon reviews and I wanted to have some way to communicate my thoughts to her. I found Shauna's book "Bittersweet" in a Barnes and Noble in the midst of dealing with a traumatic loss. Shauna's words pierced through my darkness and reminded me of the life in front of me. Her words helped me realize that it was my responsibility to keep making a beautiful life and to accept the gifts in front of me; that doing so didn't dishonor the pain or the loss, but would help me through it. I will be forever grateful for her vulnerability in writing this book. After that, I went back and read Shauna's first book "Cold Tangerines." It's well written (she's a beautiful writer) but what impressed me most was the growth that had happened in Shauna in between the two books. "Bittersweet" is written by someone who has been tested by loss and questions and doubt. "Cold Tangerines" was sweet and had some inspiring passages, but its innocence is less relatable if you feel like life has tossed you around a little. Both books are authentic, though, because they are chronologically written. That's why this book isn't totally a surprise to me. She writes in her first few books about the joy she finds in hospitality and hosting parties and feeding people and packing people and experiences into every corner of her life. I felt inspired, and tried to throw more parties and open up my home and infuse every moment of my life with joy, Shauna-style. Sure enough, it is fun--and yet it can easily result in exhaustion if your lifestyle has not been constructed with margin in mind. I appreciate Shauna's honesty and vulnerability to start a conversation about the reality of our human limitations, about identifying what drives us to push past them, and her willingness to share her realization that joy is actually not something that we have to "create" but something that we can find in our boring, quiet house, in the rhythms of our marriage, and in playing Legos with our kids--if we choose to look for it. While I agree with the reviewers who said this book got a little repetitive, I found myself copying multiple sections of her book into my journal to think and pray about. There is still plenty here. I want to thank Shauna for continuing to share her authentic life with us. Her evolution from book to book reminds me that I am also growing, that the challenges and joy and even the boring days of the last decade of my life HAVE actually resulted in depth and growth and richness, and that I can choose to re-evaluate the directions of that growth and adjust as needed. It is courageous to put words to your present life and to share who you are NOW with others; this book inspires me to have more honest conversations about who I am and where I'm at now instead of waiting to get it all figured out. In the end, the best thing I can say about this book is that reading it forced me to acknowledge that every choice I'm making right now IS making something, and that I'm a little ambiguous about where those choices are taking me. I'm inspired to have more conversations, to do more thinking, and to pray more honestly (<--her thoughts on prayer were easily the best parts of the book) to try to figure it out. Thank you, Shauna, for sharing your journey, and for being a part of mine. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.is/products/54615882-present-over-perfect](https://www.desertcart.is/products/54615882-present-over-perfect) --- *Product available on Desertcart Iceland* *Store origin: IS* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*